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In this episode, Tim Park, manager at  Ōtari Native Botanic Gardens, speaking about how reintroducing the kaka beak plant into gardens in Wellington has brought the native kaka bird back from the brink of extinction.

This is a story of the mutualistic relationship between a bird and a plant, and it demonstrates a number of principles that can be widely applied within ex situ and in situ conservation.… Continue reading

Part 2 of the 2 part MIFGS series is even bigger than the first part. Join me as I make my way through a fair chunk of the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show.

MIFGS, a.k.a. the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, is back in 2022 after  a 2 year hiatus. I was lucky enough to attend for each of the 5 days, where I networked, volunteered, and interviewed people doing interesting things in the gardening space.… Continue reading

Shout out to Eucalyptus regnans! The Eucalypt of the Year for 2022, and also the tallest flowering plant in the world.

There’s been a technical issue that’s prevented us from releasing the fourth part in our eucalypt series, but don’t worry!… Continue reading

Are eucalypts widow makers? Do they poison the soil? Do they destroy buildings? We’re celebrating #NationalEucalyptDay by busting some eucalypt myths with Dean Nicolle, a botanist, arborist and gum nut that manages the largest collection of eucalypt species in the world, at Currency Creek Arboretum.… Continue reading

That’s exactly what we’re talking about in this episode with Dr Meg Hirst and Georgia Warren, who are running an exciting program at the Royal Botanic Gardens of Victoria (RBGV) with participants from the public.

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We’re celebrating #NationalEucalyptDay by discussing the chemistry of eucalypts and their oils with Professor Ros Gleadow, a board member for Eucalypt Australia and Professor of Plant Sciences at Monash University.

This is the second episode in our four-part eucalypt series – look forward to next week’s episode with Dean Nicolle about eucalypt mythbusting.… Continue reading

How can we keep bees ethically and sustainably while harvesting their delicious honey?

In this episode, Cormac Farrell, head beekeeper at the Parliament of Australia, explains what bees do, how they do it, and how we as humans can responsibly use them as livestock to obtain a yield for ourselves.… Continue reading

All throughout March we’re dropping an episode every week to celebrate National Eucalypt Day with Eucalypt Australia!

We’re kicking this 4 part series off with an introduction to Eucalypts with Linda Baird, CEO of Eucalypt Australia. We had a wide-ranging chat covering topics such as their unique flower structures, their benefits for native wildlife, and the contended title for tallest flowering plant in the world.… Continue reading

So you’d like to start, or progress your horticultural career? This episode with John Sheely, head gardener at Warrnambool Botanic Gardens, is designed to give you some ideas about the different career pathways you can take in parks and gardens, production horticulture, agriculture, and a range of other sectors within the horticultural industry.… Continue reading